Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyH-IIYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
SFU & Himawari 5
Launched
March 18, 1995
Image: Masamic
Summary
SFU & Himawari 5 launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-II from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on March 18, 1995. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 3rd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 3,974th orbital launch attempt. It was the 3rd H-II flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). SFU, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 319 × 347 km orbit inclined 28.5°. 10 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- H-II · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 3rd H-II flight · 1st this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 3rd launch1st this yearhumanity's 3,974th orbital launch attempt13th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
SFU · NORAD 23521 · 1995-011 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 10 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SFU
- Object ID
- 1995-011A
- Epoch
- 1995-03-19 06:26:06 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.81634439 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0020301
- Inclination
- 28.4571°
- Ascending node
- 327.9889°
- Arg. of perigee
- 315.0479°
- Mean anomaly
- 44.8218°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 15
- B*
- 0.0011354
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Catalogued objects
10 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 7 components; 3 still in orbit
- SFU · NORAD 23521
- Himawari-5 · NORAD 23522 · in orbit
H-II-3F Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
SFU (Space Flyer Unit) was a Japanese space laboratory launched by the same H-2 + SSB rocket that launched GMS 5. It carried an infrared telescope (IRTS), and instruments and supplies for microgravity experiments. Himawari 5 was a Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite built by Hughes Space and Communications.
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
3rd launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, 1st this year · 27th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
57 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
202 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did SFU & Himawari 5 launch?
SFU & Himawari 5 launched on March 18, 1995. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch SFU & Himawari 5?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched SFU & Himawari 5?
H-II, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. H-II spec sheet
Where did SFU & Himawari 5 launch from?
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did SFU & Himawari 5 reach?
SFU, one of 10 catalogued objects, reached a 319 × 347 km orbit inclined 28.5°.
How many satellites did SFU & Himawari 5 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).